Can you talk about that? ML: Sure! The I Ching is a foundational book of Chinese philosophy that has deeply shaped and influenced Chinese society over thousands of years. It’s about the first huntress in the Kingdom, so it’s kind of an origin story.ĪE: You’ve said that the Chinese text The I Ching influenced Huntress. I started to wonder what exactly Kaisa meant by that, so I began to flesh out the story that is now Huntress. She tells Ash that, in the past, the King’s Huntress was kind of like an ambassador between the human kingdom and the land of the Fairy Queen. Huntress kind of snuck up on me because I had to write a second young adult novel – I had a two-book contract – and I found myself thinking a lot about one thing Kaisa says to Ash. How did you come to write the books in that reverse order? Malinda Lo: When I wrote Ash I didn’t have any intention of writing anything else set in that world. : Huntress is the prequel to your debut novel Ash. We recently spoke to Lo about her book, the state of queer YA literature and her participation in the upcoming Diversity in YA tour. Lo’s follow-up novel, Huntress, is set in the same world as Ash, only centuries before. In 2009, Ash was a Kirkus Best Book for Children and Teens and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Children’s/ Young Adult. With her debut novel Ash, a queer retelling of Cinderella, former editor Malinda Lo immediately established herself as an exciting new voice in Young Adult literature.
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